There’s even more bad news for the liberal media: the majority also agreed President Trump’s attacks on the press were “appropriate.”

According to the poll conducted August 26-27th by Rasmussen, most voters think journalists deserve to be scrutinized as public figures: “61% of Likely U.S. Voters think reporters at major news organizations like CNN, Fox News and the New York Times are public figures who deserve the same level of scrutiny as the people they cover.”

Furthermore, the public views journalists as further to the left than they are: “A plurality (47%) of voters continues to believe that ideologically speaking the average reporter is more liberal than they are. Just 19% think that reporter is more conservative than they are.”

The survey also revealed that more people agree with President Trump’s treatment of the press than don’t:

"Just over half (51%) say it is appropriate for elected officials to criticize specific reporters and news organizations. Thirty-nine percent (39%), however, view such criticism as a threat to freedom of the press."

Even more interesting is that number has risen from 48%, in February of 2017, perhaps a sign the media’s attacks on the President has backfired against them.

As Paul Bedard from the Washington Examiner analyzed, this finding couldn’t come at a worse time for the media: "The survey is an indictment of the media at a time when liberal outlets such as CNN and the New York Times are stepping up their attack on President Trump and congressional Republicans."

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